{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-136A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-136A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/136A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "136A",
  "heading": "Discharges etc. authorised under other enactments.",
  "text": "The provisions of sections 131(1) and 136(1) shall not apply to any discharge which is made under, and the provisions of section 136(1) shall not apply to any escape which is authorised by, an authorisation granted under Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or a permit granted under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 or an authorisation under regulations under section 18 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 or an authorisation or permit granted under any corresponding provisions of the law of Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 136A inserted (21.3.2000 for E.W., 1.4.2015 for S.) by 1999 c. 24, ss. 6(1), 7(3), Sch. 2 para. 13; S.I. 2000/800, art. 2; S.S.I. 2015/74, art. 2(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 136A repealed (1.4.2015 for S.) by Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24), s. 7(3), Sch. 3; S.S.I. 2015/74, art. 2(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 136A inserted (S.) (1.10.2015) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 6; S.S.I. 2015/52, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 136A added (N.I.) (18.1.2003) by S.I. 2002/3153, art. 53(1), Sch. 5 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/136A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}